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I've always loved clothes, especially handbags and shoes. I'd rather save my money on clothing and wear crap, but have the handbags and shoes. I used to buy a Ferragamo or Louis Vuitton bag every job that I got. Now I have a child, and we pay for private school, so I've had to scale back!
Alicia Coppola

Meaning of "scale back" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCALE BACK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCALE BACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scale back is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SCALE BACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scale back in the English dictionary

The definition of scale back in the dictionary is to reduce or make a reduction in the level of activity, extent, numbers, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCALE BACK

scale
scale drawing
scale insect
scale leaf
scale maker
scale model
scale moss
scale pan
scale-like
scaleboard
scaled-down
scaleless
scalene
scaleni
scalenohedron
scalenus
scaler
Scales
scaletail
scaleup

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCALE BACK

a slap on the back
back
back to back
bounce back
fall back
fight back
get back
go back
hit back
hold back
look back
lower back
on one´s back
pat on the back
pay back
put back
set back
sit back
slap on the back
take back
upper back

Synonyms and antonyms of scale back in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scale back» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCALE BACK

Find out the translation of scale back to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scale back from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scale back» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缩减
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escalar detrás
570 millions of speakers

English

scale back
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वापस पैमाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقليص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свернуть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escala de volta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিরে স্কেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´échelle de retour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Belakang belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Waage wieder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

減らす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다시 확장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ukuran maneh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quy mô trở lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறுபடி அளவிடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परत स्केल करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geri ölçekli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ridimensionare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skalowanie powrotem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

згорнути
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scară înapoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλίμακα πίσω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skaal terug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skala tillbaka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skalere tilbake
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCALE BACK»

The term «scale back» is regularly used and occupies the 84.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scale back

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2 QUOTES WITH «SCALE BACK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scale back.
1
Alicia Coppola
I've always loved clothes, especially handbags and shoes. I'd rather save my money on clothing and wear crap, but have the handbags and shoes. I used to buy a Ferragamo or Louis Vuitton bag every job that I got. Now I have a child, and we pay for private school, so I've had to scale back!
2
Jodi Kantor
People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCALE BACK»

Discover the use of scale back in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scale back and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scale Back!: Why Childhood Obesity Is Not Just About Weight
Scale Back will also explore the genetic factors that may contribute to a child being overweight.
Kathy Amille Earles, Sandra E. Moore, Cynthia Thomas, 2008
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AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013 Bible
In most cases, you want to make sure that you change the current object linetype scale back to its default of 1 after using it for that one object or group of objects. Changing the current object linetype scale To change the linetype scale, choose  ...
Ellen Finkelstein, 2012
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A Geologic Time Scale 1989
The sixteen figures span 10 Ma each, depicting the time scale back to 160 Ma on a linear scale. Figures A5.1-A5.16. The Cenozoic and Mesozoic time scale for the past 160 Ma. These figures display the interrelations between the polarity ...
Walter Brian Harland, 1990
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Emerging Systems of Work and Welfare
The couples in this US study adopted three different scale back strategies: placing limits, having one job - one career family, and trading off. Placing the limits was manifested in limiting the work commitment for family reasons. One job - one ...
Pertti Koistinen, Lilja Mósesdóttir, Amparo Serrano Pascual, 2009
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Congressional Record, V. 149, PT. 4, February 25, 2003 to ...
And you are seeing this administration taking a position to scale back the help to the working poor and low-income families and disabled people who rely on Medicaid. Let me be clear: I support flexibility in Medicaid programs. But to me ...
U S Congress, 2006
6
School Change and the MicroSociety® Program
The most common way in which the schools dealt with the additional time demands on the teachers was to scale back the program. In one middle school, the MicroSociety program began as a two-period activity; but in the face of competing ...
Cary Cherniss, 2006
7
Religion and Family in a Changing Society
However, church attendance is unrelated to women's choice to scale back at work and spend more time with family. Among women, 42 percent of weekly church attenders scale back, and 39 percent of nonattenders scale back; multivariate ...
Penny Edgell, 2013
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English Mechanic and World of Science
There is a curious species of scale-back worm occurring on our southern coasts and in Ireland. It is found also on the coast of France. Oiirsted, Johnston, and other authors limit the gentric appellation Poiynoc to this worm, though Milne ...
‎1869
9
Notions of Family: Intersectional Perspectives
White women have higher odds of opting out and scale back the most hours when they have preschool children. Black women, on the other hand, are much less likely to opt out and do not scale back when they have children. Asian and ...
Marla H. Kohlman, Dana B. Krieg, Bette J. Dickerson, 2013
10
The 36 Strategies of the Chinese for Financial Traders
Acceptances for SPPs often come in two forms: 'first in–first served', and 'scale- back'. With first in–first served, each client receives the full amount of SPP stock he applied for, but he has to ensure he gets the documentation in early, often ...
Daryl Guppy, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCALE BACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scale back is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bipartisan Push Builds to Relax Sentencing Laws
WASHINGTON — For several years, a handful of lawmakers in Congress have tried to scale back tough sentencing laws that have bloated federal prisons and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Campbell Upgrades Profit Outlook, Says It Will Scale Back Artificial …
Campbell Soup Co. CPB 0.00 % said cost cuts are yielding better profits and that it plans to remove artificial ingredients from products and to come out with more ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Financial Firms Seek to Scale Back 'Best Interest' Proposal
Financial firms are pushing policy makers to scale back key portions of a controversial Obama administration plan that would impose new standards on brokers ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
4
HISD to scale back testing
Superintendent Terry Grier's administration told the school board Thursday that HISD would scale back testing of students next year. The plan to eliminate up to ... «Chron.com, Jun 15»
5
Shaw, Rogers scale back 'upfront' offerings
Its rivals, Shaw Media and Rogers Media, have chosen to scale back their presentations, opting instead for smaller meetings that will allow more face time with ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
6
Experts Continue to Scale Back Annual Pap Smear
But for women 21 years and older at average risk for cervical cancer, getting screened once every 3 years should be enough, according to advice from the ... «WebMD, May 15»
7
Scale Back Alabama: Almost 80000 pounds lost
A Prattville woman was a statewide individual winner in the Scale Back Alabama weight loss competition. Desiree Dick was one of more than 28,000 people ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Apr 15»
8
Saudi Arabia says it will scale back its military campaign in Yemen
SANAA, YEMEN — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it is scaling back its military intervention in Yemen, after more than three weeks of punishing airstrikes failed to ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
9
Nebraska bill to scale back mandatory minimums advances
LINCOLN, Neb. —An effort to scale back the use of mandatory minimum prison sentences in Nebraska has won first-round approval from lawmakers. Related. «KETV Omaha, Apr 15»
10
Oversupply causing oil and natural gas drillers to scale back
In the short term, the domestic drilling industry is facing significant headwinds as plummeting oil prices and oversupply have prompted companies to scale back ... «PowerSource, Apr 15»

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